Name: ________________________ Period : ___________ Figurative Language Quiz (Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole) Directions: Highlight or Circle the Figurative Language Example Also write if it is a Metaphor, Simile or Hyperbole. 1. But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun . (“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare) ___________________________ 2. “In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun.” The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane ____________________________ 3. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances[...] — William Shakespeare , As You Like It , 2/7 ___________________________ 3. "Curley was flopping like a fish on a line." Of Mice and Men , by John Steinbeck ___________________________ 4. "I was helpless. I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far." Old Times on the Mississippi Mark Twain _________________________ 5. "It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable." Banner in the Sky James Ramsey _________________________ Directions: Apply what you know 6. Give an example of a simile in pop culture that was not shown in the video 7. Give an example of a hyperbole in pop culture that was not shown in the video 8. Write your own Metaphor 9. Write your own Simile 10. Write your own Hyperbole
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